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OK....calling all my aviation and aerospace brethren here!
I have company visiting this week and we went to the Johnson Space Center here in Houston yesterday. I've been there a number of times and, although the entire tour is very interesting, I never cease to be absolutely awed by the full-scale genuine-article Saturn 5-B rocket that is on display there. If you have never seen this incredible marvel of engineering, you are missing a great experience. This is the most powerful machine that has ever been engineered and constructed by mankind (built in the USA by a consortium of Boeing, North American and Douglas with Boeing the primary contractor).
Consider these mind-blowing facts about the Saturn 5-B:
- The overall height of the entire rocket assembly is taller than a 36-story building.
- The loaded weight of the entire rocket assembly is 6,699,000 pounds.
- The fuel capacity for all three stages of the rocket is 960,000 gallons.
- The first stage of the rocket is equipped with (5) F-1 rocket engines manufactured by the Rocketdyne division of North American and are the most powerful serviceable rocket engines ever made.
- Each F-1 engine is 18.5' tall and 12.2' wide.
- Each F-1 engine is fueled by separate turbopumps feeding liquid RP-1 (kerosene) as the propellant and LOX (liquid oxygen) as the oxidizer.
- Each F-1 engine is capable of delivering 1,500,000 pounds of thrust (by comparison, a Boeing 747 engine is capable of producing about 55,000 pounds of thrust so each F-1 engine is more powerful than (27) 747 engines) giving a total thrust capability for all (5) first-stage F-1 engines of 7,500,000 pounds (or greater than (136) 747 engines).
- The first stage burn-time is only 2.5 minutes during which each RP-1 (kerosene) turbopump delivers 15,471 gallons of fuel per minute or 258 gallons per second. Each LOX (liquid oxygen) turbopump delivers an incredible 24,811 gallons per minute or 414 gallons per second.
- The combined propellant flow rate for all of the RP-1 and LOX turbopumps for all (5) F-1 engines on the first stage is 3,357 gallons per second....enough to empty a 30,000 gallon swimming pool in 8.9 seconds!
- The first stage of the Saturn 5-B lifts the rocket off the launch pad and carries it to an altitude of 221,000 feet (42 miles) at 6,164 mph in only 159 seconds before it is separated and jettisoned from the vehicle.
And to think that it was built over 40 years ago! If you've read this much so far you must at least have a passing interest in this subject so you can read more about this unbelievable rocket here:
http://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/saturn.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-1_(rocket_engine)
Also, here is a very cool video of a Saturn 5-B launch (Apollo 11 actually) filmed in slow-motion by on-site high-speed cameras that vividly shows the awesome power of this magnificent machine (I remember watching it live on TV when I was a kid!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mt9znatmyQ&feature=related
The next major NASA project after the final shuttle trip to the ISS will be Project Constellation consisting of the Ares and Orion spacecraft. The object of the project will be to establish a permanent outpost on the Lunar surface by 2020 and to make a Mars landing by 2030.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/flighttests/aresIx/aresIX_modal_test.html
Sorry to get carried away here but I am such a fucking aerospace geek!
Ok, now back to who has the best looking asshole in porn....:1orglaugh
I have company visiting this week and we went to the Johnson Space Center here in Houston yesterday. I've been there a number of times and, although the entire tour is very interesting, I never cease to be absolutely awed by the full-scale genuine-article Saturn 5-B rocket that is on display there. If you have never seen this incredible marvel of engineering, you are missing a great experience. This is the most powerful machine that has ever been engineered and constructed by mankind (built in the USA by a consortium of Boeing, North American and Douglas with Boeing the primary contractor).
Consider these mind-blowing facts about the Saturn 5-B:
- The overall height of the entire rocket assembly is taller than a 36-story building.
- The loaded weight of the entire rocket assembly is 6,699,000 pounds.
- The fuel capacity for all three stages of the rocket is 960,000 gallons.
- The first stage of the rocket is equipped with (5) F-1 rocket engines manufactured by the Rocketdyne division of North American and are the most powerful serviceable rocket engines ever made.
- Each F-1 engine is 18.5' tall and 12.2' wide.
- Each F-1 engine is fueled by separate turbopumps feeding liquid RP-1 (kerosene) as the propellant and LOX (liquid oxygen) as the oxidizer.
- Each F-1 engine is capable of delivering 1,500,000 pounds of thrust (by comparison, a Boeing 747 engine is capable of producing about 55,000 pounds of thrust so each F-1 engine is more powerful than (27) 747 engines) giving a total thrust capability for all (5) first-stage F-1 engines of 7,500,000 pounds (or greater than (136) 747 engines).
- The first stage burn-time is only 2.5 minutes during which each RP-1 (kerosene) turbopump delivers 15,471 gallons of fuel per minute or 258 gallons per second. Each LOX (liquid oxygen) turbopump delivers an incredible 24,811 gallons per minute or 414 gallons per second.
- The combined propellant flow rate for all of the RP-1 and LOX turbopumps for all (5) F-1 engines on the first stage is 3,357 gallons per second....enough to empty a 30,000 gallon swimming pool in 8.9 seconds!
- The first stage of the Saturn 5-B lifts the rocket off the launch pad and carries it to an altitude of 221,000 feet (42 miles) at 6,164 mph in only 159 seconds before it is separated and jettisoned from the vehicle.
And to think that it was built over 40 years ago! If you've read this much so far you must at least have a passing interest in this subject so you can read more about this unbelievable rocket here:
http://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/saturn.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F-1_(rocket_engine)
Also, here is a very cool video of a Saturn 5-B launch (Apollo 11 actually) filmed in slow-motion by on-site high-speed cameras that vividly shows the awesome power of this magnificent machine (I remember watching it live on TV when I was a kid!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mt9znatmyQ&feature=related
The next major NASA project after the final shuttle trip to the ISS will be Project Constellation consisting of the Ares and Orion spacecraft. The object of the project will be to establish a permanent outpost on the Lunar surface by 2020 and to make a Mars landing by 2030.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/constellation/ares/flighttests/aresIx/aresIX_modal_test.html
Sorry to get carried away here but I am such a fucking aerospace geek!
Ok, now back to who has the best looking asshole in porn....:1orglaugh
